MLK 7th Grade Large Community

science/Gerber , Wed., May 13

2009-05-13T15:06:00.001-07:00

Prepare presentation on human body system. Have all sections complete in order to present Thursday.

Continue working on Time for a Change, due Mon. May 18^th.

Textbooks will be collected Tuesday, May 19^th.

Gerber/science May 11-12

2009-05-11T14:27:00.001-07:00

Continue working on habit project, due May 18
Complete written portions of Human Body System project. They should be ready to type in computer lab Tuesday (or typed at home)
Work on other parts of project. Entire project must be ready to turn in and present to classmates on Wednesday. Ready includes having papers stapled or clipped together; heading on project, etc.

hw/science Fri., May 8-May 12

2009-05-08T09:44:00.001-07:00

Continue working on habit project which is due May 18.
Complete body system project. All written parts must be completed by Tues., May 12 in order to type them up on computers.

Whole project is due Wed., May 13. Students must have all pieces assembled and ready to present, then turn in, before class.

science hw/Gerber 4/27-4/29

2009-04-27T09:05:00.001-07:00

Students should be keeping their daily log about their habit.

Wed. 4/22 science hw/Gerber

2009-04-22T14:47:00.001-07:00

Work on habit project—time for change. Project plan of action due Friday, 4/24.

science hw/Gerber April 21

2009-04-21T15:48:00.000-07:00

Students need to start working on their “Time for a Change” project.

Due Wed. is step one: define a habit to change and an overall goal. Example: habit is eating too much candy. Goal would be to not eat any candy by the end of the two weeks.

science hw/ 4/3 Gerber

2009-04-03T15:21:00.000-07:00

6^th and 7^th period classes: Any student with less than 14 points on the ch. 8 test needs to redo the short answer and essay portion of the test. Use a new piece of paper if no room on test. Due Monday, April 13.

science hw/Gerber 4/1

2009-04-01T13:55:00.000-07:00

Study chapter 8, sect. 1,2, & 5 for chapter test Thursday.

3/31 science hw/Gerber

2009-03-31T10:05:00.000-07:00

Complete Journey through Geologic Time travel brochure. Due Wed., April 1!

Chavez Weekends Homework!

2009-03-27T10:34:00.001-07:00

- Complete Research Skills project on Google doc (3 big and 3 small research questions, including at least 3 completed research notecards, and a thesis statement)

- Why-Why Not questions if not already completed!

Gerber/science hw 3/26

2009-03-26T11:09:00.000-07:00

Weekly letter: write about what you’ve learned about Earth’s history.

Keep working on Earth’s history travel brochure

HW

2009-03-25T14:14:00.001-07:00

"Why and Why Not" questions due Friday!

Make sure your research project is being developed in a timely manner. All sources found and research notecards completed by Friday. Drafting begins this weekend!

3/24 Science/Gerber

2009-03-24T15:47:00.000-07:00

Make sure notes for geologic history brochure are complete. Bring to class Wed., along with flash cards for ch.8-5

Science/Gerber 3/23 Mon.

2009-03-23T11:20:00.000-07:00

Flash cards, ch. 8-5

Keep working on Journey through geologic time. I’ll check that notes are completed by Wed., 3/25.

hw Science/Gerber Fri. 3/20

2009-03-20T11:09:00.000-07:00

Work on Journey through Geologic Time. Continue gathering notes about your time period. Remember to include details. Don’t just write “dinosaurs.” What kind of dinosaurs? Etc. Notes should be completed by next Wed.

Science/Gerber hw Thurs. 3/19

2009-03-19T14:52:00.000-07:00

1. Weekly letter

2. Make sure you have finished “Finding Clues to Rock Layers

hw science/Gerber Wed., 3/18

2009-03-18T15:45:00.000-07:00

Finding Clues to Rock Layers, p. 278

Choose a time period in Earth’s history, p. 292 & 293

Gerber/science hw 3/17

2009-03-17T10:54:00.000-07:00

Workbook p. 132-135

Science HW/Gerber Mon., 3/9

2009-03-09T14:39:00.000-07:00

Chapter review questions, p. 259-261. Due Wed.

Also due Wed: Classification of living things worksheet and diagram.

Students are constructing charts with the levels of classification for an organism, including common traits at each level. They then make a diagram similar to the one on p. 252. It is not necessary to make drawings of each organism. Just listing the ones they found using the common names is okay.

Science/Gerber Wed., 3/4

2009-03-04T10:26:00.000-08:00

Flash cards chapt. 7, sections 4 & 5

Science/Gerber March 2

2009-03-02T14:15:00.000-08:00

Complete “Writing in Science” on p. 246.

Read anything for 30 min.

Gerber/Science Wed., 2/25

2009-02-25T14:33:00.000-08:00

Complete questions on comparative anatomy activity.

Gerber/Science Tues., 2/24

2009-02-24T10:12:00.000-08:00

Workbook pages 115-119

science homework, Mon., 2/23 Gerber

2009-02-23T13:28:00.000-08:00

Flash cards for ch. 7, sect. 2

Fri. 2/20 HW, Gerber/Science

2009-02-20T14:02:00.000-08:00

Study for quiz chapt. 7, section 1

Do “Lab Zone” activity on p. 236 textbook—due Tues.

Gerber/Science HW Thurs., 2/12

2009-02-12T14:31:00.000-08:00

1. Weekly letter: write about natural selection –Due Fri.

2. Ch. 5 test make-up: Redo first page for all students who got less than 17 on test. Due Tues.

3. 1^st, 2^nd and 7^th pd.: Complete questions for Nature at Work on p. 233. Due Tues.

Ms. Gerber/Science HW Fri., 2/6

2009-02-11T14:39:00.000-08:00

Also, 6th pd. Students complete worksheet; due Thurs.

Ms. Gerber/Science HW Wed., 2/11

2009-02-11T14:18:00.000-08:00

Workbook p. 111-114

6th period students who have less than 17 points on test need to redo
first page.--due Thursday, 2/12

FW: Ms. Gerber/Science HW Fri., 2/6

2009-02-06T15:36:00.000-08:00

Complete lab Battle of the Beaks

6th pd. Students who have not returned grade contract must bring it
Monday.

FW: Ms. Gerber/Science HW Thurs., 2/5

2009-02-05T14:32:00.000-08:00

6th period addition:
Be sure to have your parents/guardians sign your grade contract. Due
Friday.

Ms. Gerber/Science HW Thurs., 2/5

2009-02-05T08:30:00.000-08:00

1. Students who did "Battle of the Beaks" need to complete part I lab questions and graph.
2. All students: Weekly letter: write about what you have learned about Darwin's work, adaptations, and/or the science of heredity.

Ms. Gerber/Science HW Wed., 2/4

2009-02-04T11:13:00.001-08:00

flashcards for vocabulary words in ch. 7-1 and the word theory.

Weekly HW: Ms. Johnson

2009-02-02T15:42:00.001-08:00

Monday: 1 paragraph (7 sentence) summary of newspaper or magazine article. ** Be sure to include title of article and title of magazine or newspaper where you got it. Be sure you use proper paragraph structure (topic sentence...concluding sentece...)

Tuesday: 1 paragraph (7 sentence) summary of an advertisement or commercial. Be sure you use proper paragraph structure (topic sentence...concluding sentece...)

Wednesday: Develop a charachter for a narrative in 1 paragraph (7 sentences) using the four elements of charachterization. ** Appearence, dialogue, thoughts and feelings, interactions with other charachters.

Thursday: Response to literature essay review sheet. Also, Think-Stop-Jot the assigned reading. Study for the unit quiz.

Friday: Response to literature essay! 100 points! Take this seriously.

Ms. Gerber/Science HW Mon., 2/2

2009-02-02T08:42:00.001-08:00

Study for the Chapter 5 test, which will be Tues., 2/3. The questions on pages 182-185 are a good review. Also be sure you can answer all of the questions on the practice test.

Ms Johnson HW

2009-01-29T14:38:00.001-08:00

Grammar packet! Four pages. Due Friday.

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Maggie Johnson

"It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us." - Assata Shakur

(518) 542-9386
johnson.maggie@gmail.com

Ms. Gerber/Science HW Thurs., 1/29

2009-01-29T08:55:00.000-08:00

Weekly letter:
Write about what you learned about meiosis, genes and chromosomes, and protein synthesis (ch. 5, sections 3&4).

Ms Johnson HW

2009-01-28T15:51:00.001-08:00

Write a 7 sentence narrative! 7 sentences only, that's the challenge! Every sentence must be as important as possible. Don't forget to include every plot element.

Opening, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion

Ms. Johnson

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Maggie Johnson

"It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us." - Assata Shakur

(518) 542-9386
johnson.maggie@gmail.com

Ms. Gerber -- HW Wed., 1/28

2009-01-28T09:18:00.000-08:00

Workbook p. 96-100

Homework_ Ms. Johnson

2009-01-27T15:45:00.001-08:00

Assignment: 7 sentences interperting on song lyric of your choice.

(A sony lyric is just a line or two... not the entire song!)

(Interpertation is telling me what you think it means and why. There is no wrong answer as long as it is well supported.)